viaduct

[vahy-uh-duhkt]

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noun

a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.

RELATED WORDS

overpass, bridge, ramp

Origin of viaduct

1810–20; < Latin via way + (aque)duct

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Contemporary Examples of viaduct

Meanwhile, four young women were walking under a South Side viaduct on Monday evening when a gunman rode up on a bicycle.
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Michael Daly
July 9, 2014

Historical Examples of viaduct

All this time the papers were busy with the viaduct scandal.
The Greater Inclination
Edith Wharton
And to think that that morning they had been near blowing up the viaduct at Dannemarie!
The Downfall
Emile Zola
We had come out from the shadow of the viaduct, and he halted as I spoke.
Against Odds
Lawrence L. Lynch
The viaduct was 17 ft. wide over all, and consisted of two 100-ft.
Concrete Construction
Halbert P. Gillette
Between Thoule and Cannes the railway crosses the viaduct of the Siagne.
Riviera Towns
Herbert Adams Gibbons

British Dictionary definitions for viaduct

viaduct

noun

a bridge, esp for carrying a road or railway across a valley, etc, consisting of a set of arches supported by a row of piers or towers

Word Origin for viaduct

C19: from Latin via way + dūcere to bring, on the model of aqueduct

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Word Origin and History for viaduct

1816, from Latin via "road" (see via) + -duct as in aqueduct. French viaduc is an English loan-word.